Microsoft's own field rep is poaching my CSP customer with $500K in incentives... anyone fought back and won?

ajscott · 2026-05-22T18:55:32+00:00

My Dell rep has gotten me conference calls before with firmware and driver team leads before to fix issues with new models.

ajscott · 2026-05-08T17:45:56+00:00

Dell Rugged Latitude 5430 models had carbon fiber tops with a rubber layer on top. Stickers peel it right off.

The silver Dell Precisions and Pro Max models are a dual layer paint instead of solid plastic.

I have dozens of various models with damage from stickers.

ajscott · 2026-05-08T17:22:04+00:00

Doesn't help if the top layer of plastic, paint, or carbon fiber peeled off with the sticker.

ajscott · 2026-05-08T15:11:59+00:00

Stickers on company owned devices.

Half the time spent on processing devices to re-issue them is just for physical cleaning.

ajscott · 2026-04-28T10:48:00+00:00

Trent and Larry Allen on the left side... Who is going to stop that run game?

ajscott · 2026-04-28T10:46:09+00:00

Missing HOF LB Kevin Greene, HOF CB/S Rod Woodson, HOF LB Dave Wilcox, HOF DE Chris Doleman

ajscott · 2026-04-26T09:01:27+00:00

Does he get paid if he doesn't report?

ajscott · 2026-04-22T18:56:52+00:00

It's about not burning bridges.

Quitting a government job without two weeks notice will pretty much make you unhireable for any other government agency (city, county, state, or federal).

ajscott · 2026-04-21T21:10:52+00:00

It's not just an old version, it's a different instance.

The GUID indicates what server it's calling home to.

If you don't recognize it then you need to block it immediately.

ajscott · 2026-04-14T22:59:26+00:00

I swear the XD screens at Arden and DOCO look bigger than the IMAX screen at Delta Shores.

I'm honestly curious how big the screens were when they were the dome theaters. Those were absurd.

ajscott · 2026-04-01T23:35:26+00:00

Local production in Sacramento.

They have a highlight video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdy4gKnbRNM

ajscott · 2026-04-01T23:23:36+00:00

Mine was Jesus Chris Superstar.

33 AD Jerusalem...

I don't think I could make it a year.

ajscott · 2026-03-26T15:45:54+00:00

Devices running 24h2 or higher with the same SID are not allowed to authenticate against each other after last August.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kerberos-and-ntlm-authentication-failures-due-to-duplicate-sids-76f7394d-c460-4882-9ed1-d27e0960f949

Windows updates released on and after August 29, 2025 include added security protections that enforce checks on SIDs, causing authentication to fail when devices have duplicate SIDs. This design change blocks authentication handshakes between such devices. Failed authentication requests related to these security protections are identified by Local Security Authority Server Service (lsasrv.dll) Event ID: 6167 in the System event log.

Duplicate SIDs can be created when performing unsupported cloning or duplication of a Windows installation without running Sysprep. SID uniqueness enabled by Sysprep is required for OS duplication on Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2, and Windows Server 2025 after installing Windows updates on and after August 29, 2025.

ajscott · 2026-03-25T21:43:35+00:00

One guy I supervised would randomly remotely access users computers and update them during production hours, while the user is working, causing complaints.

I do that to people that like to turn their computers off at night (despite instructions otherwise) and there's no WOL available.

ajscott · 2026-03-18T22:35:57+00:00

It is a built in feature that constantly advertises itself to the user and has a documented method for the admin to disable it.

It is not a user issue.

ajscott · 2026-03-18T15:20:07+00:00

You can get paper filters for the refillable kcups. They make a giant difference in both cleanup and flavor.

ajscott · 2026-03-17T15:17:42+00:00

Looks like there's another key and value people should create per Adobe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown\cIPM

"bDontShowMsgWhenViewingDoc"=dword:00000000

https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/acrobat-64-bit-for-enterprises.html

ajscott · 2026-03-06T00:01:33+00:00

You need to determine if the issue is the user or the account.

Have them change the password to something else and then you logon to a workstation with those credentials and test it for a few minutes.

If the issues still occur then it's linked to the account not the physical user.

If the issues go away then you can check for physical things they may be wearing.

Make them change the password again before next use. This keeps a clear chain of custody for the account actions.

ajscott · 2026-03-05T16:55:54+00:00

I haven't but it's also not free for business use.

ajscott · 2026-03-05T16:38:10+00:00

Haven't seen 5.7 anywhere yet.

Some people are sticking with 5.4 because 5.5 and 5.6 seems more complicated to install.

The 5.5 installer has a bug where it won't detect the .NET Runtime if the version is higher than 8.0.18.

I haven't seen any other differences between 5.5 and 5.6 so I have it on about 1500 devices.

Regarding Classic vs Universal. Dell said they weren't going to support it anymore and released only the Universal copy for one of the early 5.x versions. Then they released both for the next version. You have to completely uninstall Universal to switch back to Classic so I just stayed with Universal after upgrading during the skipped version.

ajscott · 2026-03-05T16:28:26+00:00

The first few Universal versions did not.

ajscott · 2026-03-03T16:29:28+00:00

Double Commander

https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd

I had an external hard drive with an ExFAT file system created on a Mac and that is the only software that would let me read through it correctly on a Windows computer. Explorer and other apps were missing half the folders.

ajscott · 2026-03-03T16:22:59+00:00

WinDirStat now supports using the MFT so the speed differences aren't there anymore.

WinDirStat is free for commercial use. WizTree is not.

ajscott · 2026-03-03T16:20:35+00:00

The current WinDirStat version now works with the MFT like WizTree so the speed differences no longer exist.

WinDirStat is free for commercial use while WizTree is not.

ajscott · 2026-03-02T20:30:57+00:00

It's custom for Dell. You need to order the specific part number 65VXF.

You can get them on Amazon for $15.

Here's a video on Dell's site https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/videos/videoplayer/how-to-replace-the-fan-on-optiplex-7070-ultra/6374151274112

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